Without declining 401(k) balances or upward-adjusting mortgages to worry about, rodents and roaches have it pretty good as the recession bears down upon the rest of us. Another reason to break out the cheese: Home and business owners are cutting back on extermination as times get tough making life inside floors and walls all the more cushy. People are being penny wise and pound foolish, Gil Bloom of LIC-based Standard Pest Management told The Times. Monitoring pest control is very much pest prevention. It’s not just killing what’s there today. One mouse, a month later, could easily be a dozen mice. Exterminators aren’t hurting too badly, though: It turns out that the whole bed bug plague has them pretty busy.
Roaches and Mice Thrive in a Recession [NY Times]